CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Tops Barn Players' 2015 Barney Awards

The Barn Players Community Theatre held its annual Barney Awards and Volunteer Appreciation Celebration this week.

The event honored the Best of the 2015, 60th Anniversary season and included:

Volunteer of the Year - Chris Palmer (Photo attached)
Best Actress - Kay Noonan (Ouisa) in Six Degrees of Seperation
Best Actor - James O'ffill (Frank Abagnale Jr) in Catch Me If You Can
Best Supporting Actresses - Katie Bartow, (Dorothy Brown) in Thoroughly Modern Millie and Dee Dee Diemer, (A Magistrate) in Equus
Best Supporting Actor - Reed Uthe (Franz Liebkind) in The Producers
Best Choroegraphy - Guy Gardner for Catch Me If You Can
Best Technical Achievement - Sound design for Equus
Featured Performance - Julian Rivers (Ching Ho) in Thoroughly Modern Millie Judge's Choice - James Levy (Rod) and Mark Reeder (Nicky) in Avenue Q Best Musical Direction - Kevin Bogan for Thoroughly Modern Millie
Best Direction - Diane Bulan for Equus
Best Production - Catch Me If You Can
Set Production - Chris Palmer

The ceremony also honored those who volunteered at the community theatre in 2015. Awards were presented by Vida Bikales, President of The Barn Players and Jessalyn Kincade. Actor and Barney Judge - the ceremony was held at the Barn Players Theater, 6219 Martway in Mission.

The Barn Players was founded in 1955 by Earl Altaire, a Kansas City interior designer and theatre devotee; today the theatre is nationally recognized and the new 2016 season will be the group's 61st consecutive season. The Barn Players theatre is located at 6219 Martway in Mission, Kansas. For information and/or tickets go to the theatre's website www.thebarnplayers.org - 2016 season Flex-Passes are now on sale, six shows for the price of five.

Test and expand your Broadway knowledge with our new game - The Broadway Match-Up! How well do you know your Broadway casting trivia?	Play the Daily Game, explore current shows, and delve into past decades like the 2000s, 80s, and the Golden Age. Challenge your friends and see where you rank!
How well do you know your Tony Awards history? Take our never-ending quiz of nominations and winner history and challenge your friends.	Can you beat your friends? Play today’s daily Broadway word game, featuring a new theatrically inspired word or phrase every day!